Research

Peer-reviewed journal articles

Vigani, M., Khafagy, A., & Berry, R. (2024). Public spending for agricultural risk management: Land use, regional welfare and intra-subsidy substitution. Food Policy, 123, 102603.

Khafagy, A. and Vigani, M. (2023). External finance and agricultural productivity growth. Agribusiness, 39(2), 448-472.

Khafagy, A. and Vigani, M. (2022). Technical Change and the Common Agricultural Policy. Food Policy, 109, 102267.

Khafagy, A. (2019). Finance, distribution, and the economic objective of financial cooperative institutions. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 90 (3), 487-511.

Khafagy, A. (2018). Regulation, supervision, and deposit insurance for financial cooperatives: an empirical investigation. Annals of Finance, 14(2), 143–193.

Khafagy, A. (2017). Political institutions and financial cooperative development. Journal of Institutional Economics, 13 (2), 467-498.

Book chapters

Vigani, M. and Khafagy, A. (2023) Food commodities and fine chemicals from microalgae: A close look at economics, in Jacob-Lopes, E. (Eds). Handbook of Food and Feed from Microalgae: Production, Application, Regulation, and Sustainability (pp. 611-624). Elsevier.

Vigani, M., Urquhart, J., Maye, D., Nicholas-Davies, P., Black, J. E., Khafagy, A., Berry, R, and Courtney, P. (2022). Managing Risks to Improve the Resilience of Arable Farming in the East of England, in Meuwissen, M. M., Feindt, P. H., Garrido, A., Mathijs, E., Soriano, B., Urquhart, J., Spiegel, A. (Eds.). (2022). Resilient and Sustainable Farming Systems in Europe: Exploring Diversity and Pathways. Cambridge University Press.

Accatino, F., Paas, W., Herrera, H., Pinsard, C., Severini, S., Appel, F., Kopainsky, B., Bankowska, K., Bijttebier, J., Gavrilescu, C., Khafagy, A., Krupin, V., Manevska-Tasevska, G., Ollendorf, F., Peneva, M., San Martín, C., Zinnanti, C. and Reidsma, P. (2022). Integrated assessment of the sustainability and resilience of farming systems: Lessons from the past and ways forward for the future, in Meuwissen, M. M., Feindt, P. H., Garrido, A., Mathijs, E., Soriano, B., Urquhart, J., Spiegel, A. (Eds.). (2022). Resilient and Sustainable Farming Systems in Europe: Exploring Diversity and Pathways. Cambridge University Press.

Policy reports

Nguyen, T., Khafagy, A., Gorton, M., & Phillipson, J. (2023) External finance and growth of rural and urban SMEs in England. NICRE Research Report No 14. National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise.

Khafagy, A., Díaz-González, A.M., Nano, E., Soguero Escuer, J., Morales Opazo, C., Salibi, A., El Tawn, L. & Dikah, W. (2022). Lebanon’s agrifood system in times of turbulence: obstacles and opportunities. FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study, No. 20. Rome, FAO.

Khafagy, A., Malekinezhad, F., Dwyer, J. C., & Wishart, M. (2022). Farm business performance: planning, adaptation and resilience.  State of Rural Enterprise Report 3, National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise.

Phillipson, J., Gorton, M., Nguyen, T., Wishart, M., Roper, S., Ozusaglam, S., Khafagy, A., Dwyer, J., Hotopp, U., Turner, R., Tocco, B., Maioli, S., Hill, I., & Merrell, I. (2022). The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on rural businesses: experiences and resilience. State of Rural Enterprise Report 1. National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise.

Schuh, B., Gorny, H., Munch, A., Brkanovic, S., Micha, E., Powell, J., Khafagy, A., Dwyer, J., Kubinakova, K., et al. (2021). Evaluation support study on the impact of the CAP on territorial development of rural areas: Socioeconomic aspects. Brussels: European Commission.

Maucorps, A., Munch, A., Brkanovic, S., Schuh, B., Dwyer, J. C., Vigani, M., Khafagy, A., et al. (2019). The EU farming employment: current challenges and future prospects. Brussels: European Parliament.


Commentaries

Beyond Microfinance: How Can Finance Support Social and Economic Development in Egypt? Commentary, Alternative Policy Solutions, American University in Cairo. (27 May 2021)

From taxes to donations: is coronavirus a chance to reconsider our tax system? Commentary, Alternative Policy Solutions, American University in Cairo. (22 July 2020)

Celebrating poverty: the IMF in Egypt. openDemocracy. (15 November 2019)

Cooperative banks for egalitarian wealth and income distribution in Egypt. Commentary, Alternative Policy Solutions, American University in Cairo. (8 January 2019)

Financial sector reforms and unequal resource allocation in Egypt. Commentary, Alternative Policy Solutions, American University in Cairo. (2 January 2019)